title: Green nanotechnology - a new hope for medical biology.
abstract: The development of eco-friendly technologies in material synthesis is of considerable importance to expand their biological applications. Nowadays, a variety of green nanoparticles with well-defined chemical composition, size, and morphology have been synthesized by different methods and their applications in many cutting-edge technological areas have been explored. This review highlights the classification of nanoparticles giving special emphasis on biosynthesis of metal nanoparticle by viable organisms. It also focuses on the applications of these biosynthesized nanoparticles in a wide spectrum of potential areas of medical biology including catalysis, targeted drug delivery, cancer treatment, antibacterial agents and as biosensors.
authors.affiliation: Cytogenetics and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India. Electronic address: nath_debjani@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Debjani
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nath
authors.forename: Pratyusha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Banerjee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D032701:Biomimetics; D052918:Environmental Restoration and Remediation; D055772:Green Chemistry Technology / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000627:therapeutic use; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000639:trends*
keywords: Biological application; Chemical synthesis; Green synthesis; Nanoparticles